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Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, August 3-

In order to ensure peaceful celebrations of forthcoming Independence Day-2024, Punjab Police has heightened the security across the state and a special operation ‘OPS Seal-VII’ aimed at checking all the vehicles entering or exiting the border state of Punjab was conducted on Saturday.
The operation aimed at keeping vigil around the movement of drug traffickers/bootleggers and other anti-social elements was conducted in a synchronised manner from 7 am to 1 pm on the directions of DGP Gaurav Yadav.

Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla said that all the SSPs of Border districts were directed to organise joint Naka operations at strategic places of the border districts and mobilise a maximum number of manpower to lay strong ‘nakas’ at sealing points under the supervision of Gazetted officers/SHOs.

He said that well-coordinated strong nakas involving over 1100 Police Personnel were set up under the supervision of Inspectors/DSPs at around 91 entry/exit points of 10 districts, which share boundaries with four border states and UT Chandigarh.